The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia ( la, Archidioecesis Goritiensis) is an archdiocese of the

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of the

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in Italy. The archiepiscopal see of

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...

( Friulian: ''Gurizza/Gurizze''; german: Görz; sl, Gorica) was founded in 1751 when the

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was divided. It was suppressed in 1788 for the creation of the Diocese of Gradisca (union of the Archdiocese of Gorizia and Dioceses of Trieste and Pedena) and re-established in 1791 as the Diocese of Görz-Gradisca. It was raised again to an archdiocese in 1830. The

diocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.Trieste-Koper (Capo d'Istria), Poreč-Pula (Parenzo-Pola), and Krk-Rab (Veglia-Arbe) were formerly under the metropolitan jurisdiction of this archdiocese; however, now the

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is its only suffragan diocese. The territory of the Archdiocese was identical with the Austro-Hungarian

County of Gorizia and Gradisca The Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (german: Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca; it, Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca; sl, Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska), historically sometimes shortened to and spelled " ...

until 1918 when it was transferred to Italy at the conclusion of the

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. Also from 1766, the archbishop was Prince of the

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and member of the Austrian House of Lords until 1918.

Ordinaries

Prince-archbishops of Gorizia

Karl Michael von Attems Karl Michael von Attems (Gorizia, 1 July 1711 – Gorizia, 18 February 1774) was an Austrian Catholic archbishop and a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Biography Belonging to the noble family of the Counts of Attems, Karl Michael was born in Goriz ...

(1752–1774) * Rudolf Joseph von Edling (1774–1784) ''vacant. Abolished in 1788 and restored as a diocese in 1791.''

Bishops of Görz-Gradisca

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(1791-1816) *

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(1818-1830)

Archbishops of Gorizia

(1830–1835) *

Franz Xaver Luschin Archbishop Franz Xaver Luschin ( sl, Franc Ksaver Lušin; 3 December 1781 – 2 May 1854) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Diocesan Bishop of Trento from 24 May 1824 until 23 June 1834, a Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic A ...

(1835–1854) *

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(1855–1883) *

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(1883–1897) *

Jakob Missia Jacob Missia (30 June 1838 – 24 March 1902) was a Slovene prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Gorizia and Gradisca from 1898 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1899, the first Slovenian to be given that rank. He was pr ...

(1897–1902) *

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(1902–1905) * Frančišek Borgia Sedej (1906–1931) ''vacant'' * Carlo Margotti (1934–1951) *

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(1951–1962) * Andrea Pangrazio (1962–1967) * Pietro Cocolin (1967–1982) * Antonio Vitale Bommarco (1982–1999) * Dino De Antoni (1999–2012) *

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(2012–present); previously, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan ( it, Arcidiocesi di Milano; la, Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has lon ...

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{{Authority control Religious organizations established in 1751

Roman Catholic Archdiocese 1751 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

Ordinaries

Prince-archbishops of Gorizia

Bishops of Görz-Gradisca

Archbishops of Gorizia

See also

References